[問題]大全987-404

[Alycia]

404. In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice as fast as the 1970’s.
(A) twice as fast as
(B) twice as fast as it was in
(C) twice what it was in
(D) two times faster than that of
(E) two times greater than


The answer is C...why is B wrong? could someone summarize the useage of "twice?" thanks thanks!!!

[林小馬]

404. In the 1980’s the rate of increase of the minority population of the United States was nearly twice as fast as the 1970’s.
(A) twice as fast as
(B) twice as fast as it was in
(C) twice what it was in
(D) two times faster than that of
(E) two times greater than


The answer is C...why is B wrong? could someone summarize the useage of "twice?" thanks thanks!!!

對不起我沒有辦法summerize倍數的用法
高手麻煩幫忙回答一下喔

可是我可以跟你說爲什麼b錯

也許大家會想increase得很fast沒錯啊
可是你要注意前面的主辭喔
主辭是rate (the rate of increase)
你不能講rate很fast

不能說rate是之前的兩倍快,只能說rate是之前的兩倍
可以說increase得很快,但不能說rate很快
如果我沒有記錯, 類似的觀念好像有考過滿多次的!

[Alycia]

thanks thanks!!